Re: a test Frozen plants
- Subject: Re: [SG] a test Frozen plants
- From: G* B*
- Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 05:43:17 -0600
Hello Frank,
We did out usual jump from almost summer weather one day to below
freezing the next. I, too, have a lot of plants in bud and a few in bloom.
Probably will loose the fully opened blooms. To help the buds survive to
come out another day, I will placing al my outside Christmas decorations to
use.
As the pine and cedar rope, wreaths, come down I am clipping the wires
out so that they fall apart. Then the small limbs are used as an open ground
cover over my hellebores and cyclamen, a few other plants. Keeps the sun
off of the foliage while the ground is frozen, some of the wind away from
the foliage. I find that it does help.
Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens,LLC
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
Southern Indiana Zone 6
----- Original Message -----
From: "gentian21" <gentian21@HOME.COM>
> I just checked out my garden. Plants don't look as happy as they did two
> weeks ago. The hellebores that was starting to bloom doesn't look much
> better than the lettuce does. Blooming Cyclamen look a little better and
> heather looks good. I hope my Daphne genkwa isn't damaged because the
buds
> were swollen and it suffered dieback last spring when we had a hard freeze
> just before the buds burst.
> Frank Cooper
> central, Il. zone 5
